Socialblood - Find Blood Donors in India [Android]

The Socialblood Blood Donors App puts the power to save lives in the palm of your hand. Donating blood and platelets is easier than ever with Socialblood's blood donor app. Find nearby blood banks, create a blood request, find emergency blood donors around you.

At Socialblood, the mission is not only to create an easy, trustworthy and a reliable network of blood donors around the world but also grow together with Hospitals, Blood banks, and supporting organizations. We aim to change and disrupt the archaic ways of finding blood donors and build the largest network of voluntary blood donors around the world. Making it as easy as a few clicks.

About Blood Donation:

A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for transfusions and/or made into biopharmaceutical medications by a process called fractionation (separation of whole-blood components). Donation may be of whole blood (WB), or of specific components directly (the latter called apheresis). Blood banks often participate in the collection process as well as the procedures that follow it.

Today in the developed world, most blood donors are unpaid volunteers who donate blood for a community supply. In some countries, established supplies are limited and donors usually give blood when family or friends need a transfusion (directed donation). Many donors donate as an act of charity, but in countries that allow paid donation some donors are paid, and in some cases there are incentives other than money such as paid time off from work. Donors can also have blood drawn for their own future use (autologous donation). Donating is relatively safe, but some donors have bruising where the needle is inserted or may feel faint.

Potential donors are evaluated for anything that might make their blood unsafe to use. The screening includes testing for diseases that can be transmitted by a blood transfusion, including HIV and viral hepatitis. The donor must also answer questions about medical history and take a short physical examination to make sure the donation is not hazardous to his or her health. How often a donor can donate varies from days to months based on what component they donate and the laws of the country where the donation takes place. For example, in the United States, donors must wait eight weeks (56 days) between whole blood donations but only seven days between plateletpheresis donations and twice per seven-day period in plasmapheresis.

Features:

• Convenient, easy blood donors search

• Receive blood requests from your neighborhood blood donor seekers

• View nearby blood banks to fix blood donation appointments

• Get geo-targeted blood shortage alerts let you know if your blood type is needed in your area

• Find blood donors using your phonebook

• Find blood donors among your Facebook friends

• Find plasma donors, blood drives, blood banks, blood transfusion centers around you

Cities we serve in India: Bangalore, Chennai, Hyderabad, Pune, Delhi, Vijayawada, Amritsar, Mumbai, Kochi, Kanpur, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Goa, Surat, Ahmedabad, Madurai, Guntur, Ranchi, Lucknow, Agra, Ajmer, Bikaner, Rajkot, Srinagar, Shimla, Jammu, Dehradun.

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